Time-recorder.



w. H. BUNDY.

TIME RECORDER. APPLICATION man Jun 2. 191 2.

Patented Jan. 23,1917. I

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W. H. BUNDY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1912.

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W.H.BUNDY, TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATIQN FILED JULY 2 19,12.

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WILLARD H. BUNDY, OF SYRACUSE,

, UNITED STATES- PATEN LO FFiCE; j

NEW Yonk,.nssio1von 'I'OW. H. Bunny nn'oonnmo] COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, nEWyoRK, A CORPORATION onnnw YORK.

' TIME-RECORDER.

To allwlwmz'tmay concern: I I

Be it known that I, Wmmno H. BUNDY, of Syracuse, in the county of On ndaga' -and- State of New York, have inventedacertainnew and useful Time-Recorder, of which the following is a specification. .7 I This invention relates to time recorders, and particularly to means for positioning" the shiftable parts thereof and for controlling the printing operation in any position of such shiftable parts;.and the 'invention consists in the combinations and constructions, hereinafter set forth' and claimed,

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters des'gnate 7 corresponding parts in all theviews. p V Figure 1 is a front elevation of a time recorder embodying my invention, parts bein vi w of parts shown in Fig. 1, parts being removed. Fig. '3 is an inner face-view ofone' of the side plates and contiguous parts. Fig. 4 is an isometric view of the card receivershifting means and contiguous parts. 7 1. is the; frame of the time recorder, the frame comprisingside plates 2, 3 connected by suitable cross rods 4. p y I '5 is the carriage of the time stampor impression making mechanism which carries a suitable printing .element, as type wheels, which are connected by means ofa shaft 6 to a time movement. The carriage is supported by the cross bars 4.

7 is a card receiver arranged to support the card 8 in position to receive the impression from the time stamp. One of the elements 5, 7 here shown as thecard receiver,

is shifta'ble relatively to the other, as the' carriage 5,-to position the records in different columns transversely of the card. As,

eyes 10, Figs. 1 and seen in Figs. land 2, theflcard receiver is arranged in'vertical position and has its mouth 9 for the card at its upper end, and is movable laterally, it being formed with 2, which slide along guide rods 11 supported by the side plates 2 3 The means for 'shifting the card receiver .7

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 laterally from the card removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional card receiver periodicall usually comprises a hand operated rock shaft 2, F

from the outer face of the side plate 2...

Patented Janl23, 1917. Application filed July 2, 1912. Serial No. 707,161.

a rack 14: extending 1 and 4.,extending forwardly and 'rearwardly relatively to the frame, and a projecting The rock shaft is impositively locked. in 7 order to hold the card receiver inany-one of the positions it iscapable of assuming, by. means comprisin a segment 16, Fig. 4, mounted on the roc shaft 12 and having notches 17 corresponding innumber to the number of positions capable of being sumed by the card receiver,sa id notches being formed with. inclined sides as 18 with which a pivoted spring-pressed detent 19 coacts, the inclined sides serving to force the detent outofoperative position when rotative force is applied to the rock shaft.

'20 isan abutment or sto card receiver and supporting the abutment, such abutmentbe-ing movable ina'direction at an angleto the shifting movement of the receiver, that is, vertical, in this embodiment ofmy invention.

1 The abutmentcarriage,

preferably by movement but In either case card abutment a yoke 22 supthe side plates means. actuated by the tmie may be operated by hand.

the means for actuating-the includes a rocking element as ported by the frame between 2, 3, and a cam 23 for actuating the yoke, the.

yoke including rock arms 24. connected at their ends by a rod "25, which rod is .con-' 7 nected to thecentral. part of the abutment carriage by a; link 26,.the' link being slidably engaged with the rod 25 to shifting movement of thecard receiver.

' 28 is anelongated rocking, elementor wing carried by the, carriage 21 operated ment20. g I j g 29 is an elongated rocking element or wing fixed from movement with the carriage by the movement of the "abut.-

in position, to .be'

I I Figs. l and 2, forthe card Sin the receiver.

21 is a carriage. slidablein ways in the.

1 is shifted in the accommodate the 21, and here shown as having spindles 3O journaled in bearings formed in inwardly extending arms 31 carried by the side plate 3 one above the other, one of the spindles 30, as the lower spindle carrying. a rock arm 32 which is connected by means ofa link 33 to a latch lever 34 pivotedto the frarnel and having one end normally arranged 1n the path oftheoperating' lever 35 for the movable platen or hammer 36.

The hammer or platen 36 is mounted, on a rock shaft 37 journaled in the frame and provided with a shoulder 38,; with which co acts a' pivoted latch 39 carried by the lever 35, said latch being moved out of engagement with the shoulder 38 by a knock-oil device 40 also carried by an arm on the rock shaft 37; t Q

The movement of thelever downwardly is agai such downward movement tensions a spring 41 acting on a rock arm 37 shaft 37 on the outside of the side plate 3, the spring actuating the rock shaft 37 and hammer 36when the device 40 knocks ofi the latch39. r r

When the card'is'inserted in the receiver 7 it depresses the abutment 20, rockingthe' wing 28 upwardlywhich transmits its motion to the wing 29, rocking the spindles 30 of said wing, actuating the arin3l' and withdrawing the latch 34 out of the path'of the operatinglever 35. j Z r 4 a Owing'to the use and arrangement of the wings 28, 29, the wing 29 will be operated in-whatever transversepositionthe card re ceiver is placed and in whatever position the abutment carriage happens to be. 7. e I

As here shown, the wing 28 is provided with an arm 42 between its'ends which slidably engages a depending shoulder .43 arranged oentrally of he abutment, and the abutment is;con'ne;cted to its carriage by means of pin-and-slots 44. located near opposite ends of the abutment; and spring arms 45' act upwardly on opposite ends of the abutment. Thus when either end of the abutment is depressed, the abutment moves about the pin and-slot connection at the other end asga center, and thus 43 is but slightly depressed and partially actuates the wing 28 and hence in order to fully actuate the wing 28fboth ends of the abutment '20 must be depressed simultaneously. When but one end of the abutment .20 is. depressed, the

latch 34f is but slightly displaced, and 1n order that tlie'lever 3 5 the latch isprovided one of which isnorinally engaged with said lever and f the other of whicnmoves-into the path of the lever when but one end of .the

card abutment 2Q is depressed;

The tinierec'order is also provided' with means for gripping the card 8 than in the nst the action ofa suitable spring,- and on the rock receiver 7 and preventing the shifting of the card in the receiver 7 when the operating lever 35 has been but partly-actuated,

after being unlocked by the movement of the card abutment 20 by scribed. v V

48' is a gripping memberhere shown as the card as dea sliding part movable through an opening 7,

3 51 isarock shaft extending in front of.

theicard receiver transversely thereof and supported by ears 5 1 on the side plates2, 3,

ner, as by an angle or V the sh aft having eccentric means. as an elon- 7 bell crank lever 54 pivotedtothe inner face of the side plate v3 andhavlng one arm thereof coacting with 1 an arm 55 on the rock shaft 51 andits other arm connected'by alink 56 tothe lever 35,

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What I claii'ri is: i i t 1. In a'tim'e recorder, impression making mechanism including ahan'dle for operating said '1nechan1sm to'make a record, a shlftable card rece vena card stop for lnn- V iting the movementof, the card into the re" ceiver, a device for clamping the body of the card against a stationary part after the card engages said stop, tu'ated by the handle for operating said device,substantially as and for the purpose set forth. V

2. In a time recorder, a laterally shiftable card receiver, "a card abutment, an abut ment carriage movable periodicallyin the card receiver .at an angle to the shifting movement thereof,the abutment being movable relative'lyto the carriage by the card and mechanism acwhen inserted in the receiver, printing me'chanisin including a movable platen, an operating lever for moving the platen, means for normally from movemet, and means forfoperating the locking means, the lockoperating means being arranged to be operated by the card abutmentfin any position of the card receiver or the abutment, substantially asand l for the. purpose described. may still be locked, i i i with two shoulders A6,-

frame for sup- 3 In a time'recordena porting type wheels, a platen, ai1ever for a laterally shiftable card'receiver, 'a card abutment, movable in the card receiver, an elongated rocking part 'mevaple as a unit with the abutment and being movable about operating the platen, fa lockfor the lever,

its axis by the'abutnieiit whenthe abutment locking the operating lever is engaged by thecard, and asecond elong gated rocking part fixed from movement Wltl1 the abutment and extending crosswise of the firstsmentioned' rocking part, and

means operated by the second-mentioned,

rocking lever, specified. a

4,. In a timerecorder, a shiftable card repart for releasing thelock for said ceiver, a card abutment in the receiver, a

carriage for the abutmentrmovablein a direction at an'angle to the shifting movement of the receiver, printing mechanism including a movable platen, meansfor actuating the platen,,means for normally preventing the operation of the actuating means comprising I an elongated rocking element carried by the abutment. carriage and extending transversely, of the card receiver, a second elongated rocking element fixed from movement tendin atv an angle to the first-mentioned rocking element in position to be engaged and actuated thereby in all positions of the 7 plates, a

card receiver and the movable abutment carriage, and a latch" for locking the operating means, the second-mentioned rocking element, substantially as and for the purpose set' forth.

5. In a time grecorder, a frame including side plates, one side plate having inwardly extending arms,v a time stamp supported by the frame and carried between thesside movableplaten coacft'ing with the time stamp, a card receiver arranged between the platenand' the, time stamp, and

shiftable laterally into a plurality of positions, amovable'card abutment in the receiver, a carriage forthe abutment movable in a direction at a rightangle to the shifting movement of the receiver, means for actuating the platen, means for preventing the operation of the actuating means comprising an elongated rocking element carried by the abutment carriage and extending transversely of the card receiver, a second elongated rocking element supported by the inwardly extending arms of the frame, and extending atan angle to the firstmentioned rocking element in position to I be engaged and actuated therebyin all positions ofthe receiver and the movable abutment carriage, and a latch supported by the frame and coacting with the operating means, the latch being connected to the secend-mentioned .rocking element, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a time recorder, a shiftable card card abutment movable in the receiver after the card is engaged with the stop, the grip coacting with a stationary in a direction at an in movement of the receiver, a carriage for the abutment, meansfor actuating the abut substantially" as and for the purpose the operation of with the carriage and exlatch being operated by the v of the card receiver,

part angle to the shift- I,

mentvcomprising a rocking element, a link connecting the rocking element and the carriage, th link being connectedcentrally to the carriage and being slidably engaged with the rocking element to slide along. the same during the shifting of the card receiver, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

17. In a timerecorder, means including an shiftable card receiver, a card grip for engaging the card when the card is in the receiver, means for including a part coacting with the grip to actuate the same in engagement with the card in any position of the card receiver, and means for actuating said part upon said" operating handle to make an impression, substantially as and for the purpose set fort a 8. In a time, recorder, a shiftable card receiver, a card abut-ment, an abutment carriage movable periodically in the card rea serted'in the receiver, printing mechanism ineluding amovableplaten, an operating lever actuating the card grip formoving the platen, means for normally locking the operating lever from movement,

means for operating the locking means, the lock operating means being arranged to be operated by the card abutment in any position of the a card grip for holding, the card from movement in the receiver when the card is engaged with the abutment, and means for operating the grip in any vposition of the card receiver, said means being connected to the operating lever, substantially as and for the purpose described. v I In a time recorder, a shiftable, card receiver, a card abutment in the receiver, a. carriage for the abutment movable in a direction at a right angle to the shifting movement of the receiver, printing mechanism including a movable platen, means for actuating the platen, means for preventing the operation' of the actuating means comprising an elongated rocking element carried by the abutment carriage and extending parallel to the direction of movement a-second elongated rockcard receiver or the abutment, I

ingelement fixed from movement with the I carriage and extending at a right angle to the first-mentioned rocking element into position to be engaged and actuated there- I by in all positions ofthe card receiver and receiver, a card stop 111 the receiver, a

the movable abutment carriage, a latch for locking the operating means, the latch beparallel to the direction of movement of the ingoperated by the second-mentioned rock-- 1cardreceiyer,andwhaving anielongated-part testingwitnesses at Syracuse, intheecounty for engaging the gri and conn etions be of Onondagapifi theySta't e of s'New York, tween the rock shaft and the"'opei'aiiixigj this 25th chi-y' ')j:' 'Ji1I"1e 1912;"

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means, substantiallyias and for the pur ose I V 5 specified. 7 ii Witnesses In testimony whereof, I have hereunto DAVIS, signed my name in the presence of two at-' S; DAvIe Obpies of this patent may be obtained for five cents; each, by addressihgvthe .Oommissioner oLPatents, V

, Washington, D. 0." 

